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Himal Fiction Fest 2025: Southasian speculative fiction
Join us for two panel events on 9 June and 16 June!
🔮 We’re thrilled to announce Himal’s 2025 Fiction Fest: a celebration of original short speculative fiction exploring imagined futures of Southasia!
✍ From 9 to 20 June, we’ll publish a selection of stories that push the boundaries of genre and region, along with two special online events featuring panel discussions with renowned Southasian publishers, editors and authors.
🎨 All artwork by Shanghai-based artist ć„šćś¨ć··ć Ş CDD20 via Pixabay.
Panel Event #1: The State of Speculative Fiction in Southasia
Panel Event #2: Caste, Gender and Resistance in Southasian Speculative Fiction
Read the stories from our finalists this year:
"We Have Always Lived in the Temple" by Amal Singh
"The Waters Between Us" by Glen Loveland
"Artificial Emotion" by Sakina Hassan
"Ode to Abundance" by Arslan Athar
"The Water Diviner" by Shikhandin
"The Patch" by Varoon P Anand